Teeth + Words = Happy Mommy

That's right.  I'm so happy for those little molars to pop through.  Canon has been a much better eater lately.
Sometimes I can't get him to eat because he's being picky, or obviously not hungry when I thought he would be.  But he eats chicken, ground beef, and even cooked veggies now!  Oh, I'm so stoked about this!  YAAAYYYY!!!!  :-D

Oh yeah... does "uh-oh" count as a word?  Canon has totally mastered the intonation and timing of when to say "uh-oh!"  Alright, well if you don't really count that as a real word, then how about "eye" when pointing to his own eyes or to a picture of an animal?  I was hesitant to consider it because it's really only one phoneme- alright, so it's a diphthong... but it's still the appropriate sound associated with the appropriate thing.  In addition to that, Canon has now learned the word "no" and uses it frequently.  Any yes/no question that you ask will be answered "no" even if the answer really is "yes."  So far it hasn't gotten annoying, but I'm sure it will soon enough.

Needless to say, I'm really happy that he has these few words.  They may not be "milk" or "juice" like the doctor said it would be, but he has found a way to communicate what he wants.  He knows the moon and can point it out in storybooks and the sky, shouting out "moooo!"  He's been saying "bah" for a long time referring to a ball, and I think he's only closed the "L" once.  I wonder how long it will be until he perfects that word.  One time I was in the bathroom and Canon came up to me and said "hi!"  I hope that word comes more often soon.  He also has signs for "more," "please," and he used to do "milk" and "drink" but does those less often now.

Some of his newest adorable tricks are as follows:

-blowing kisses (He refuses to actually kiss our cheek now.  He even pushes away and runs away when we ask for one, but he'll blow a kiss, no problem!)
-throws diapers away (He loves to take his dirty diapers and bring them all the way up the stairs to his diaper pail.  I usually have to drag him away from the diaper genie.)
-gets shoes/jacket to go outside (He knows that putting these items on means that he can go outside, and will either love to go get them, or hate it- depending on whether he has to get in the car or not.)
-pointing out pictures (I've been trying to ask him to point out more things in his storybooks to see what he knows.  Quite often he surprises me with what he knows.  Other times I find that if I teach him one item, he'll be able to point that same thing out the next time we read it.  He's so smart!)

Sorry there are no pictures, but I need to go make dinner now.